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There is a lot to reflect on here but, having already commented enough, I won’t. Just one thing on climate…
Lovely to read these reflections on David, who was a wonderful man. He taught me as an undergraduate and was…
Thank you, David, for crafting this “normie” case for taking AI safety concerns very seriously. It’s very helpful. I’m going…
I’ll stay out of the math debate and stipulate that I mostly agree with David’s main post, but i think…
Point taken, David. That said, I think the arch tone of the NYT comment directs our attention not so much…
On recursive self-improvement: to be worried about it, all you need to believe is that it will probably speed up…
Replying to Craig Duncan’s quote: “If I understand this correctly, the leadership of humanity, who can’t work together to slow…
What is lost remains
What is lost remains
Invisible always present
Remembered and forgotten
It is the seal
That holds the present whole
Though porous when stirred
Is it not my memory
That keeps me hopeful
Even as darkness approaches
Peopled by those lost
And those lingering
Who add yesterdays to today
And make becoming
More than illusion
Tomorrow almost feasible
1/30/13-1/31/13
Copyright 2013 by Maurice Leiter.
Posted with permission.
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